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I am not sure he said that the place had been long closed down
This shop is still open. I just checked. The son of the man who used to run this shop indicated he is not a radio tech. However, there is one thing I can say about this shop. They are very honest, but a bit overwhelmed.

I prefer going to Troy's Two-way Radio in Troy, Texas. The technician is very competent. He maintains & installs many of the radio trunking systems in the area along with other locations. There is a catch. He is extremely busy. Commercial radios take priority when it comes to repairs.
 

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This shop is still open. I just checked. The son of the man who used to run this shop indicated he is not a radio tech. However, there is one thing I can say about this shop. They are very honest, but a bit overwhelmed.

I prefer going to Troy's Two-way Radio in Troy, Texas. The technician is very competent. He maintains & installs many of the radio trunking systems in the area along with other locations. There is a catch. He is extremely busy. Commercial radios take priority when it comes to repairs.

The OP is closest to Clays, in San Antonio.

Troy’s is where I’ve had a hard time getting in:


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SA_tx_88116

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I’m back again with an update! today my uncle went to clays to get an 8ft antenna with a mount he said clay told him to get a 27ft antenna so my uncle said “who you think I’m trying to talk to ET?” So we mounted it on a fence then ran the coax inside and hooked it up and we heard static so we put it on the Cb band and heard some people talking we keyed the Mic and we got an SWR reading of around 8 sometimes 9 then the radio wouldn’t let you talk to prevent damage. So we’re thinking about getting a different antenna to lower SWR but before we shell out the money is there anything we could to lower SWR and keep the current antenna?
 

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is there anything we could to lower SWR and keep the current antenna?

Yes.

If it's an 8 foot tall mobile antenna, then it's 1/4 wavelength and needs a ground plane to tune up properly.

That could be as easy as 3 eight foot long pieces of wire attached to the base mount of the antenna and stretched out horizontally in opposite directions. If that doesn't lower SWR, start looking at your coax or how the mount was assembled.
 
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